A web development project, once a proposal is agreed, moves through a logical sequence of phases as the different components of a web site (design, programming, interface, text and imagery) are interwoven. Throughout your project, Virtual Viewing will work closely with you, collecting content from you and asking for your feedback as development proceeds.
Design
Working through a detailed design questionnaire with you, we will brief our designers to produce initial mock-up designs of key pages of the proposed site for you to approve. This will include navigational design, informed by the detailed site map we produce as part of the project specification.
Content
To populate the framework provided by your website’s design, we will need to collate text, visual and other content (including any database that we will need to incorporate into the site’s functionality). Our specification and site map will guide you through the content that will be required, and we can also assist you by providing templates that will optimise your pages for search engine visibility. We can also provide a copywriting service to help you to achieve the optimum result.
Programming
As well as the construction of the full list of pages of the site (including any for which you will subsequently have administrative access), this stage also incorporates the linking of content to content management systems (such as OSCAR), the implementation of any programmed elements of your site (such as product databases, web-based forms for services such as enquiries and registration, or site search functions), and integration with third-party systems (such as payment handling or external news feeds).
Internal Testing
Once development is completed, your website will receive internal testing against the project specification to identify and correct any issues that we detect in its operation.
Acceptance Testing
During this key stage, we will make a development version of your website available for you to test and check online, so that you can confirm that it provides all specified functionality and adheres to the approved visual design.
You should inform us of any issues arising from Acceptance Testing (other than those accounted for by any modifications or variations that have been formally agreed during production), so that we can address these in the most suitable fashion.
While further modifications can be incorporated at this stage if so required, please note that any previously unspecified requirements will need to be costed and approved by yourself.
Sign Off and Go Live
Once all development issues have been completed and resolved, your site will then be ready to be launched, subject to any final accounting issues. Where we have implemented OSCAR or ERIC (our content management and e-commerce solutions), we will also arrange training for your key staff. |